Nagios is a useful tool for server monitoring. Can it be effective for monitoring networks? Cacti is an efficient tool for monitoring devices with SNMP. Can it be turned into an effective tool for generating meaningful notifications? We’ll look at the strengths and weaknesses of each tool and see if a combination of both could be ‘right’ for the purpose.

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Dave Blunt has been using Nagios (or Netsaint before it) since 2001 and Cacti since 2004, for server, application, and network monitoring. He has worked at GroundWork Open Source in the Services organization since 2005 delivering deployments of GroundWork Monitor – an open source based monitoring solution that has Nagios as a core component.

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Seattle based special interest group for system and network administrators

About SASAG

Seattle Area System Administrators Guild (SASAG) is a local group for systems administrators in the Seattle and Pacific Northwest areas (North Western Washington). For more details, please see Who We Are and What We Do.